The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNIPE , but the solution may also be HERON which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Long-billed bird crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNIPE | 28 % | 5 |
| HERON | 28 % | 5 |
| IBIS | 24 % | 4 |
| STILT | 7 % | 5 |
| STORK | 3 % | 5 |
| WREN | 3 % | 4 |
| KINGRAIL | 3 % | 8 |
| TOUCAN | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long-billed bird
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ibis
- heron
- egret
- stork
- crane
- prion
- frigate
- turkey
- plover
- wild goose
- boomer
- boom
Crossword Answer definitions
SNIPE noun- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- (ice hockey slang) A goal.
- To hunt snipe.
- To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
- To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
- (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
- To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
- A cigarette butt.
- An animated promotional logo during a television show.
- A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
- A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
- A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
- A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.
- To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
- To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SNIPE
- Bushwhack
- Make malicious remarks
- Marsh bird
- __ at (malign)
- Assail
- Game bird
- Shoot from above
- Take potshots
- Gossip maliciously
- Sandpiper kin
More clues leading to the result HERON
- Egret's kin
- Egret, for one
- Wading bird
- Bittern, e.g.
- Bayou bird
- Marsh bird
- Bird with an almost 6 foot wingspan
- Bittern cousin
- Egret cousin
- Marsh denizen
More clues leading to the result IBIS
- Stork relative
- Storklike bird
- Wading bird
- Hieroglyphics bird
- Stork-like bird
- Stork-like wader
- Leggy wader
- Nile bird
- Sacred bird of the Nile
- Heron cousin
More clues leading to the result STILT
- Clown booster
- Clown support
- Support post
- Leg extender
- Beach-house support
- One of a raising pair
- Certain house supporter
- Clown's height enhancer
- Tall person's nickname
- Marsh bird
More clues leading to the result STORK
- Baby bringer
- Baby bird?
- Baby shower card image
- Vlasic mascot
- Delivery bird
- Rooftop nester
- Baby flyer
- Junior flyer?
- Baby bringer?
- Baby deliverer?
More clues leading to the result WREN
- Brown bird
- St. Paul's Cathedral designer
- Architect and bird
- Marsh bird
- Small songbird
- Songbird
- St. Paul's Cathedral architect
- Architect Christopher
- Bird with speckled eggs
- Brown songbird